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The Way Ahead
Tadeusz Chomicki
Security Policy Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Poland
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MANPADS POSE A GLOBAL PROBLEM
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Easy to use
Plenty enough
Easy to obtain
Affordable
Accuracy is enough
Effect is enough (WME)
Opportunities to use are plenty
Results of successful use are humanitarian,
economical and political disaster
GLOBAL THREAT
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How to address the issue?
Complexity of problem 
no single solution 
 Multi-track / multi-layer /
multi-faceted approach
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 Need for coherence
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Action spheres:
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International, institutional and
legally binding instruments –
diplomatic negotiations / political
willingness / consciousness building
Implementation, enhancement and
proliferation of existing solutions
and best practices
Current practical cooperation and
further technical development
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International, institutional and legally
binding instruments
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There is a need for broad institutional
involvement in the efforts to prevent
MANPADS-related threats – in the
framework of global and regional systems UN (including CD, UNDC, GA 1st
Committee, SALW PoA, UNIDIR) OSCE,
EU, OAS, APEC, ARF, and other
international organizations or fora (including
G8, IATA, ICAO, Wassenaar Arrangement,)
or specialized instruments (like future ATT)
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International, institutional and legally
binding instruments
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The most important decisions by organizations and international
accords concerning MANPADS include:
UN GA Resolution 59/90 (December 3, 2004), Prevention of the illicit
transfer and unauthorized access to and use of man-portable air defense
systems
UN GA Resolution 60/77 (December 8, 2005), Prevention of the illicit
transfer and unauthorized access to and use of man-portable air defense
systems
Document adopted by the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) in
May 2004, OSCE Principles for the Export Controls of Man-Portable Air
Defense Systems MANPADS /modeled on the WA document – see
below/.
Wassenaar Arrangement document adopted in December 2003 –
Elements for Export Controls of Man-Portable Air Defense Systems
(MANPADS)
Decision of the Evian G8 summit of June 2003 – Enhance Transport
Security and Control of Man-Portable Air Defence Systems – MANPADS –
A G8 Action Plan
OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation document, Annex C to the
Handbook of Best Practices on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW),
FSC.GAL/14/03/Rev.2 (19 September 2003) Concerning the National
Procedures for Stockpile Management and Security of Man-Portable Air
Defence Systems (MANPADS)
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International, institutional and legally
binding instruments
 Questions concerning the possibility of
elaborating uniform international legal
regulations pertaining to MANPADS
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How to convince all the participants that
MANPADS are a global threat?
How to avoid gridlocks characteristic for
multinational fora where many different initiatives
are negotiated and various interests are traded?
How to choose a tactics (e.g. shall MANPADS be
a part of SALW negotiations)?
How to speed up a lengthy process?
How not to give up and hope for a final solution?
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Implementation, enhancement and
proliferation of existing solutions & practices
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Implementation of MANPADS-related solutions would be significantly
facilitated by the promotion of the principles already elaborated. It is
particularly important to coordinate international actions designed to
upgrade controls on trade in MANPADS. In this connection, efforts
should be taken to encourage the greatest possible number of states
to adopt the relevant guidelines developed by the Wassenaar
Arrangement – Elements for Export Controls of Man-Portable Air
Defense Systems (MANPADS).
It is also desirable to popularize in the international arena the
principles of physical protection of storage facilities, access
restrictions, transport security and MANPADS stockpile
management. Those principles should be promoted both at
multilateral forums and in bilateral contacts. A useful instrument here
would be the catalog of best practices worked out by the Forum on
security Cooperation of the OSCE, titled Handbook of Best Practices
on SALW Concerning the National Procedures for Stockpile
Management and Security of MANPADS.
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Practical cooperation
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FORMATS:
bilateral and multilateral
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FORMS:
seminars and conferences, bilateral
meetings, political consultations,
specialized training, expert
assistance, know-how assistance,
technological cooperation (incl.
R&D), etc.
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Practical cooperation
POSSIBLE SCOPE:
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controls over production, trade, transfers, storage,
access and use of MANPADS
destruction programmes of excess or obsolete
stockpiles
susceptibility reduction (measures designed to
prevent MANPADS from hitting an aircraft)
vulnerability reduction (focuses on improving
aircraft survivability in the event of a MANPADS hit)
airport security systems
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Practical cooperation
POSSIBLE SCOPE (continued):
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information exchange on "uncooperative
countries and entities„
partnership in legal, technical, expert
assistance and capacity building
joint external outreach activities
internal outreach (towards industry, traders,
security and law enforcement)
building consciousness of the threat with policy
makers
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Coherence
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A multi-tracked approach should be coupled with a
striving to ensure coherence of the actions and
decisions regarding MANPADS being taken by the
respective states and international fora. A special
role should be played here by states involved in the
work of various international fora, such as the
Wassenaar Arrangement or OSCE, and those that
combine a presence in both the specialized
arrangements and regional organizations, such as
the OAS or APEC. Seeking to ensure cohesion of
their actions, the states participating in various
MANPADS forums should strive to eliminate
contradictions between the decisions they take,
and to prevent any obstruction of favourable
processes.
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Proposed tools
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MANPADS NETWORK OF
CONTACT POINTS
MANPADS GROUP OF
LIKEMINDED STATES
MANPADS CODE OF
CONDUCT
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THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
[UNCLASSIFIED]
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